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A decade-old wordless song shows how music and social media are shaping each other

By Deena Prichep
Published September 23, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT

Ten years ago, Kevin MacLeod released "Monkeys Spinning Monkeys" — now in tens of millions of TikToks, Instagram reels and YouTube videos. Its path shows how music and social media shape one another.

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Deena Prichep